[Sca-cooks] Update on my pottery serving and cookware project

[Stefan li Rous]

Dragon replied to Kiri with:
<<< Elaine Koogler wrote:

> Are you making this stuff for your own personal use, or are you  
> planning to
> sell it?
>
> Kiri (who'd love to see pictures of what you're doing!!)
>
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It's for my own use to begin with, but later on as I get better, I
will very likely be willing to accept commissions. I'm not going to
do it to make a living at it, it's a fun hobby that ties in with my
cooking. If I can make a little on the side with it, that's cool but
it isn't the primary purpose. >>>

Dragon, just in case you were thinking of merchanting some items,  
either as commissions or from pre-made stock, this file might be good  
to read ahead of time.

In the Florilegium COMMERCE section:
merchanting-msg   (64K)  6/29/07    Merchanting in the SCA.

I still think the following, from that file, is something to think  
about before getting into merchanting.
<<< Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:37:04 -0600
From: Roberta R Comstock <froggestow at juno.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Arts/Crafts/Money

A while back there was a pricing discussion on another list (Weavers
Words - basketry list)
in which one of the well-known published instructors was asked about how
she prices a basket.

She gave a price for a specific basket of, say $25.  When the potential
buyer asked her how much it would cost for a dozen of them, all alike,
the weaver said the cost would be $45 each, and probably higher yet for
larger quantities.  The shopper was aghast, having hoped for a bulk rate
deal.  But the weaver said the cost increase was based on how boring it
is to do the same thing over and over and how much she would hate to
spend the time doing so.

It seemed perfectly reasonable to me!  Another reason I'm not a  
merchant.

Hertha >>>

Stefan
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